Boitumelo Rabale

Boitumelo Rabale
	Rabale at Lucas Moripe Stadium
Personal information
Full name	Boitumelo Joyce Rabale
Date of birth	5 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Qoaling, Lesotho
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Mamelodi Sundowns
Number	10
College career
Years	Team
2018–2019	LCCC Trailblazers
2020	CBU Capers
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015	Likhosatsana
2016–2017	Bloemfontein Celtic
2021–	Mamelodi Sundowns
International career
	Lesotho
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Boitumelo Joyce Rabale (born 5 August 1996) is a Mosotho professional woman footballer who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and captains the Lesotho women's national team.^[3]

Rabale was named the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League player of the tournament.^[4]

Early life

Rabale was raised in Maseru.^[2]

Club career

Likhosatsana

In 2015, Rabale won the inaugural Lesotho Women's Super League with Likhosatsana.^[5]

Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies

In 2016 and 2017, Rabale captained Bloemfontein Celtic and led the club to win the league.^[5]

In April 2017, she won the Lesotho's Sports Star of the Year award.^[6]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

She won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League with Mamelodi Sundowns scoring in the winning goal in the semi-final in a 1–0 win over defending champions AS FAR.^[4] She scored again in the final in a 3–0 win against SC Casablanca and was named player of the tournament.^[7]

College career

Rabale left Bloemfontein Celtic was awarded a Kick4Life Student-Athlete Scholarship where she moved to Lewis and Clark Community College.^[8] In January 2020, she was named the National Junior College Women's Soccer Player of the Year following her 2019 season with the LCCC Trailblazers, in which she was the league's top goalscorer with 57 goals and placed third with her team in the NJCAA Division National Tournament.^[5]^[9]